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Turkish women’s volleyball team qualify for Tokyo Olympics after beating Germany

Turkey’s female volleyball players were flying high after securing their place at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by defeating Germany in three straight sets on Sunday. Playing at the Omnisport Apeldoorn arena in the Netherlands, Turkey beat Germany 25-17, 25-19 and 25-22 in their Olympic CEV European qu...

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Turkey sends troops to Libya to help UN-backed government in Tripoli

Turkish troops are on their way to North Africa where they will provide support to the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli. The development comes three days after the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) approved a mandate for the mission following a formal request from the...

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Award-winning tour operator sets sights on Malta 

The UK’s largest tour operator to North Cyprus is expanding its horizons by adding another destination in the Mediterranean to its portfolio. Award-winning Cyprus Paradise has launched a sister website called Malta Paradise and is offering “hand-picked holidays” to the two biggest islands in the Mal...

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Decision to bar world’s top Turkish student from South Cyprus for awards ceremony branded “racist”

Greek Cypriot authorities were slammed for preventing a bright young student from collecting her exam certificate. When Berilsu Meral, 15, a high school student at Bülent Ecevit Anadolu Lisesi, heard she had scored the highest mark in the world in her IGCSE Turkish exam, she was delighted. But he...

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Berlin’s Turkish mosque receives bomb threat

Far-right extremists threatened a Turkish mosque in Berlin, claiming they planted plastic explosives in the mosque complex. On Monday 26 November, Şehitlik Mosque received an e-mail from [email protected], signed by Combat 18, a neo-Nazi terrorist organisation. The mosque belongs to Turkish-Muslim...

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Italian far-right politician urges Nutella boycott because it uses Turkish hazelnuts

The leader of Italy’s far-right opposition party has said he is no longer a fan of Nutella after finding out the product was made with Turkish nuts. Matteo Salvini, the former deputy Prime Minister, has called on the company to use Italian produce – despite the nation not producing enough to meet...

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Former Eastenders star Haluk Bilginer wins Best Actor International Emmy for Şahsiyet

A Turkish actor who first came to prominence in the 80s in British soap opera Eastenders, has this week won an Emmy. Haluk Bilginer received an award for Best Performance by an Actor at the 47th International Emmy Awards in New York on Monday, 25 November. The International Emmys are for televisi...

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Financial problems force AtlasGlobal to suspend all flights

One of Turkey’s main airlines announced on Tuesday that it has suspended all its flights and stopped selling tickets with immediate effect. AtlasGlobal sent notices to staff during the day that they were all on ‘extended leave’, while passengers were informed by email that their flights had been...

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UN Secretary General and two Cypriot leaders agree to reconvene talks

António Guterres has announced he is ready to restart the Cyprus Talks. A statement released late on Monday evening by the United Nations said the Secretary General will “extend his efforts” to initiate “results-oriented negotiations” to resolve the long-standing Cyprus Problem. The news follows...

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Germany pledges more aid for refugees in Turkey

German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on Wednesday that Germany will provide more financial aid to Turkey to help with the hosting of 3.5 million refugees in the country. Addressing media together with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic (pictured above) at a sideline event during the Eu...

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